The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-09


.,cr.s Mistske-A Package OF Dia-
onds-Story OF q Photograph.
avos I have received many curious and
.u.;ono articles since | began business thirty
yoars ago" said Robert Taggart to re-
- the othsr day Mr.. Taggart is a pio-
p i, m. storage business and his establish
L.. /. 6llcd with old objects, each OF which
IA an interesting history.
avovv. .mon4a vast collection Of fine paint
,-rs which / got in thu course Of bust
continued Mr.. Tsggart, faro two
- hAv. been told time and again are
.-;,insls by RubenS. One represents the
.4'~,6on Of the Saviour in the stable OF
p..sIob.m The subject Of the other | do
I..l.rovr. As have never mot any ono who
s,,,3 toll me- There is an inscription on this
-, IN one OF the dead languages, be
i;.yc because | have never been able TO find
- I'M, learned enough to translate it, The
-,-.,,ro represents queen on a magnificent
49, giving orders apparently to some OF
aeroy. guards.
How did you become possessed of the
oi,.u-.,. asked the reporter.
am. lay the first gun was fired at Fort
Sumter gentleman who was very we'll
tnorn hero then and hated equally as well
f,- h', qvowel sympathy with tho southern
c,u,, cams INTO my place and told me he in
t.ni4i ron. south and aiding the Confcder-
ate, wills bis money and oyery way else no
c,,N Ut. asked me 10 take his household
furniture on storage.
aYou won't have 70 keep them long, he
s.d The south Will win sure, and I'll re-
t,rn TO New York, for l can't live anywhere
sse
NEVER CALLED FOR
81 took his furniture. but il has never been
cal,l for He raised a regiment south and
fell 10 Bull Run with his two sons at his side
he bad no near relatives 10 mourn his loss and
s. have biz furniture still. The Rubenses
were among his chattels and also picture Of
Nurillo. Tor watch had been offered $50, 900,
There is practically no price on the Rubenses
Besides thsso pictures mentioned | have as
fns a gallery ~ paintings Is any connoisseur
would wish 10 look At. ! have always been
fond Of pictures and never tried TO dispose of
any Of them, although some Of them would
bring fabulous prices"
Among other articles which Mr.. Tsggsrt
showed to the reporter was a pair Of beauti-
ful dueling pistols inlaid with solid gold and
silver, which are the ones, Mr.. TagSart says,
used by Alexander Hamilton in bis deadly
encounter with Burr on tho Elysian fields,
where Weehawken il now growing up. The
pistols were once owned by Gen. Grant but
they passed from him to another branch of
the family, and finally came into the posses
sion Of a Broadway jsvelsr, who is unfor-
tunately addicted 70 drink. During one Of
bis periodical sprSes he placed the pistols,
with some other property on storage with
Mr. Taggart in order 10 raise money enough
10 continue his debauch He never called for
tbs weapons and the mans wife wants them
sold. as she says she hates 10 see them lying
around tbs house when her husband is on a
spree
About two months ago" said Mr.. Tag
cart "a we'll dressed middle aged man came
into my place and, handing me small
chamois bag, asked me how much | would
ssk to keep it for him for a day or two with
out examining the contents. Twenty-Five
conts, l replied
AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE.
"Well, sir, the fellow kicked like a mule.
He swore he wouldn't pay such an outrageous
price, and finally beat me down 10 twenty
cents for two days Next day IA detective from
the Central Office came in looking for such a
bag, and told mo the fellow who had left it
with me was a famous western crook and
that he had him locked up in the Tombs l
went down there with the bag, which was
opened in presence Of the judge and found to
contain diamonds valued at nearly 100000
II surprised me that a man wishing and think
ing he Guild safely conceal such a plumber
would kick about the cost, especially when
YOU consider the little / asked HIM
"Oh. this is the saddest thing ever recol-
lect,' continued Mr. Taggart as he showed
the reports photograph Of a laughing, fresh
faced, curly haired girl "She came into my
place one day about two years ago and put
few little effects in storage. Next morning
She Jumped from ferryboat into the North
river When her body was recovered my re-
ceipt for her furniture was all that was found
on her l buried her and then proceeded to
trace her history. 1t was tho old story. She
was the darling daughter of a curate in
little country town in the north of the state.
A city stranger met and woOed her secretly
aud she finally consented to elope with him.
When they came TO this city he deceived her
further by mock marriage, and when he
finally deserted her she found out that be was a
gambler. Then she determined to kill herself
Her sad end, which could not help telling
her father and mother, broke their poor old
hearts and they soon followed her 10 the other
world
Among many other curious things which
Mr. Taggart has are skeletons, collins, grand
fathers clocks, horses, sheep, cows. in fact all
kinds Of animal and fowl, and as a curiosity
shop in every respect his place cannot be
beaten.-New York Journal Interview.
"a Enoxx What Tbex Drink